Liver fibrosis-4 score predicts mortality in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Liver fibrosis-4 score predicts mortality in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that liver dysfunction in the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness is a critical prognostic factor for mortality in COVID-19 patients, and the Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score, developed to reflect level of hepatic fibrosis, has been associated with ad...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Fawzi Abosamak, Ivan Szergyuk, Maria Helena Santos De Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Ahmed Suliman Al-Jabbary, Amal H Al-Najjar, Marzooq A Albadi, Brandon M Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum
Subjects:
coronavirus disease 2019
fibrosis-4
intensive care unit
liver fibrosis
mortality
Online Access:http://www.theiaforum.org/article.asp?issn=2589-7934;year=2021;volume=22;issue=2;spage=149;epage=156;aulast=Abosamak

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